ST. LOUIS (MO)
Berger’s Beat
. .Reportedly, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson will be deposed tomorrow by prosecutors in the criminal child sex case against a priest very close to him, Fr. Joseph Jiang. Why? Because Carlson is accused of trying to get hold of a $20k check Jiang reportedly gave to parents of a girl Jiang allegedly molested. The report doesn’t mention that another high-ranking church official, Deacon Phil Hengen, is also being questioned. It’s not clear what role Hengen may have played in the crucial days since. Jiang supposedly admitted abusing the girl. (But Hengen was involved in abuse cases against Fr. Robert Osborne, Fr. John Wieberg and other clerics.). .
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